In 1944 a massacre that was operated by members of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) resulted in the killing of 25 people.

After being the focus of a lot of local and international media attention, allegations of extremist links and potential terrorist hideout and logistical base and "launching pad", issue culminated in winter 2010.

[3] Upon visit in November 2009 FBI Director Robert Mueller conveyed his and US government concerns about Wahhabis in the village of Gornja Maoča to Bosnia and Herzegovina security chiefs.

Action lasted for ten hours and resulted with "seven people" being arrested and the seizure of "some arms and ammunition", several cell phones and computers were also seized, as well as some audio and video material.

[3] By taking into account extent of the operation, and media frenzy around the village and consequent raid itself, the result was deemed unimpressive: as U.S. diplomats familiar with the case put it afterwards, and according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL): "(B)ased on the stuff police are pulling out of there, the Salafis from Gornja Maoca do seem a bit like amateurs.